Woodcuts. Prints.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Prints made using the process of woodcut, which is a relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from 'wood engraving (process),' which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Album containing impressions of copper plates and woodcuts belonging to the Bannatyne Club., [?1823-1861.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2049
Scope and Contents
The plates and woodcuts were deposited with the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by the Trustees of David Laing, 1881 (see folio i).
Loose photographs of seals, some bearing numbers corresponding with those in Henry Laing, ‘Supplemental descriptive catalogue of ancient Scottish seals’ (Edinburgh, 1866), have been pasted in at the end.
Dates:
[?1823-1861.]
'Scraps given by the old familiars of John A. and Edith J. Hipkins. Collected by the survivor.’, Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2928
Scope and Contents
The scrap-book contains a painting and woodcuts by Joseph Crawhall (given to John A Hipkins by Charles Keene); original drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, J F Sullivan, John A Hipkins himself, and others; a painting by Edith J Hipkins (page 64); illustrations cut out of Punch and other reproductions; and Valentines, letters, etc., addressed to Miss Hipkins.
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.